The Only Shame

Man’s inhumanity to man,
knows no country, religion, or race

Man’s inhumanity to man,
the only shame time cannot erase

Man’s inhumanity to man,
as constant as the spring driven rain

Man’s inhumanity to man
—rising over and over again

(Villanova Pennsylvania: April, 2017)
Copyright © | Year Posted 2019

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